BRITTEN & HINDEMITH : Violin Concertos (Arabella Steinbacher · Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin · Vladimir Jurowski) (2017) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

There are few clearer demonstrations of the high level of technical ability among violinists today than the profusion of good recordings of Benjamin Britten's Violin Concerto, Op. 15, which Jascha Heifetz said was unplayable, but which is confidently taken on here by Arabella Steinbacher, accompanied by the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under Vladimir Jurowski. It is indeed a fearsome virtuoso essay, one of the few Britten wrote. One factor recommending this version over others is the pairing with Paul Hindemith's Violin Concerto, not a work commonly heard in the 21st century. It makes sense here: both concertos were composed in 1939, and the Britten has the flavor of a work prepared for the extroverted American market. The Hindemith has, perhaps, a different, more melancholy flavor of exile. Sample Steinbacher's performance in the slashing second movement of the Britten, where her perfect control does suggest Heifetz. The two concertos also both refer to Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, both in their timpani strokes and in a more general relationship of soloist to orchestra; Jurowski's accompaniment is unusually sensitive and well-integrated with Steinbacher's lines. Pentatone's studio sound, rather eerily clear, is another major attraction. James Manheim  
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Violin Concerto Op. 15
1    Moderato Con Moto    10:17
2    Vivace - Largamente - Cadenza    9:12
3    Passacaglia, Andante Lento (Un Poco Meno Mosso)    15:23

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Violin Concerto
4    Mässig Bewegte Halbe    9:56
5    Langsam    10:03
6    Lebhaft    10:44

Conductor – Vladimir Jurowski
Orchestra – Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Violin – Arabella Steinbacher

ANDRÁS CSÁKI - Guitar Recital (2010) Mp3

Currently an assistant professor at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, from which he graduated in 2007, András Csáki has given recitals throughout Europe, the United States, South America and Japan, and by 2009 had been awarded eighteen prizes, including first prize in the 42nd Michele Pittaluga Guitar Competition in Alessandria, Italy. In this wide-ranging recital he interprets Bach’s most technically challenging ‘lute suites’, Britten’s groundbreaking tribute to John Dowland, Duarte’s bravura Variations and one of Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s finest solo sonatas. naxos
Tracklist:
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Lute Partita in E Major, BWV 1006a (arr. for guitar)
1. I. Prelude 4:07
2. II. Loure 3:52
3. III. Gavotte en rondeau 3:29
4. IV. Menuett I and II 4:25
5. V. Bourree 1:43
6. VI. Gigue 2:13
Britten, Benjamin
Nocturnal after John Dowland: Reflections on Come, heavy sleep, Op. 70
7. I. Musingly. II. Very agitated. III. Restless. IV. Uneasy 5:27
8. V. March - like. VI. Dreaming. VII. Gently rocking 4:45
9. VIII. Passacaglia - Slow and quiet 6:32
Duarte, John W.
Variations on a Catalan Folksong, Op. 25, "Canco de Llabre"
10. Variations on a Catalan Folksong, Op. 25, "Canco de Llabre" 10:51
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario
Guitar Sonata in D Major, Op. 77, "Omaggio a Boccherini"
11. I. Allegro con spirito 4:33
12. II. Andantino, quasi canzone 5:28
13. III. Tempo di menuetto 3:16
14. IV. Vivo ed energico 4:19

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BENJAMIN BRITTEN  [1913-1976] 

 War Requiem 

DECCA 2006 [2CD] FLAC / scans

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